The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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